Four members of the same family have died in a landslide triggered by super typhoon Yagi after the powerful storm ripped through Vietnam.
State media said the tragedy struck in the mountainous Hoa Binh province of northern Vietnam at around midnight local time (Saturday 18:00 BST).
A 51-year-old man was able to escape but his wife, daughter and two grandchildren were buried when the hillside collapsed onto their house.
Yagi, Asia’s most powerful typhoon this year, has killed at least 14 and injured 176 others, according to Vietnamese state media.
After Yagi made landfall in northern Vietnam on Saturday, the storm hit Hai Phong and Quang Ninh provinces with winds of up to 203 km/h (126 mph), the Indo-Pacific Tropical Cyclone Warning Center said.
State media said four people died in the northern Quang Ninh province, with another killed in Hai Duong, near Hanoi.
Power outages hit parts of Hai Phong – home to multinational factories – on Saturday, while four of north Vietnam’s airports suspended operations for much of the day.
At the Hai Au boat lock on Tuan Chau island, north of Hai Phong, at least 23 boats were seriously damaged or sunk, according to local residents.
51-year-old sailor Pham Van Thanh, told AFP he had never experienced such a strong and violent typhoon.
“The wind was pushing from our back, with so much pressure that no boat could stand,” he told AFP.
After super typhoon Yagi tore through Vietnam, four members of the same family perished in a landslide that was caused by the strong storm.
The tragedy occurred in the mountainous Hoa Binh province of northern Vietnam, according to state media, at around midnight local time (Saturday, 18:00 BST).
While his wife, daughter, and two grandchildren were buried when the hillside collapsed onto their home, the 51-year-old man managed to escape. Later, according to the AFP news agency, their bodies were found.
According to Vietnamese official media, Yagi, this year’s most powerful typhoon in Asia, has killed at least 14 people and injured 176 more. It is currently only classified as a tropical depression.
However, as the storm moves westward, authorities are issuing warnings about the ongoing risk of flooding and landslides.
According to state media, a landslide in Sa Pa, in the mountainous northern province of Lao Cai, happened on Sunday at noon, burying seventeen people, nine of whom were injured and six of whom had since been confirmed dead.
The deceased reportedly included a one-year-old boy, an infant, and a 68-year-old woman.
With winds of up to 203 km/h (126 mph), Yagi struck the provinces of Hai Phong and Quang Ninh after making landfall in northern Vietnam on Saturday, according to the Indo-Pacific Tropical Cyclone Warning Center.
Power outages occurred throughout the region, including the capital city of Hanoi, as a result of uprooted trees and lifted roofs from buildings.
According to state media, one person died in Hai Duong, which is close to Hanoi, and four others died in the northern province of Quang Ninh.
Twelve fishermen went missing, and search and rescue teams discovered 27 bodies drifting at sea. A total of forty-one fishing boats are among the boats that the storm left submerged or drifting.
AFP reports that power lines and electric poles were damaged and that several areas in the port city of Hai Phong were submerged under half a meter (1 point six feet) of floodwaters on Sunday.
In the two million-person metropolis that was directly in line for the worst of the storm, commercial sign boards and metal roof sheets could be seen flying.
Parts of Hai Phong, which is home to multinational factories, experienced power outages on Saturday, and for the most part of the day, four airports in North Vietnam were closed.
Locals report that at least 23 boats were severely damaged or sunk at the Hai Au boat lock on Tuan Chau island, north of Hai Phong.
According to 51-year-old Pham Van Thanh, a sailor, he had never encountered a typhoon with such intensity and violence (AFP).
He claimed that in order to prevent his tourist boat from sinking, the entire crew had stayed on board since Friday.
He told AFP, “The wind was pushing from our back, with so much pressure that no boat could stand.”.
One by one, then, went under. Next, a succession of them. “.”.
